The other day I was going to buy a cheap bottle of whiskey at the liquor store, but the wife said not to. The Father in-law has tons of whiskey so she said to ask him. So she asked for a cheap bottle of whiskey, and he returned with this.
A over 5000 yen bottle of Suntory Royal 15 year aged whiskey. You know it’s expensive when it comes in a shiny golden box, and has medallion tied on to it.
I just wonder, if this is what he thinks is cheap, what is an expensive bottle?
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One of my co-workers has instructed me to pick him up a bottle of that stuff. He really like the Suntory Whiskey. You’re lucky that over there there isn’t any liquor tax or that bottle would be over $100.
Like you I have a taste for the cheap stuff.
Remember when we ejoyed that over $100 bottle of Suntory whiskey, playing Eye of Judgment. That was awesome. I miss that.
I coming…. save me some. No more Mt. Fuji so we will be taking the train up to Hakodate with a stop in Sendai. We’ll have to work out the details.
I’ll save you some. Since it’s so expensive, it’s daunting for me to drink it.
Not a big fan of whiskey but curious to know how it taste like. Do you prefer on the rock or mix with coke and lemon? My husband’s favorite whiskey is Bowmore. Liquor here is very expensive.
I prefer it with ice and a little bit of water.
you should drink it neat, the only way to enjoy a good whiskey.
Different people like different things. That’s the way I like it.
no what I’m saying is that when you have a good whiskey, you normally don’t need to cut it with something unlike when you have a cheap whiskey. Try your Suntory neat, you’ll see there’s no need for water.
I’ll try it.
Dude, that’s only like $60CAD, that’s not much for a bottle of whiskey, if you want some good stuff,i.e. something nice and smooth you should be looking at the $150-250 range, try Ben Riach 20 Single Malt, I just picked up a bottle of that and it’s crazy good also the Macallan 18 fine oak is quite good as well.
I don’t think you understand. When I said cheap, I meant a $5 to $10 bottle.
what are you going to get for $5-10 a bottle, vat 69? that’s below cheap for whiskey.
Here in Japan they have some decent quality stuff for ridiculously cheap. I think the taxes on liquor are super low here. I’ve seen mickeys of whiskey for as low as 300 yen.
oh, I thought we were talking bottles not mickeys, you can also get mickeys of whiskey in the NL of 2 or 3 euros
also reading my comments from last night I am very surprised that they are coherent, I was very drunk last night when I wrote them.
Drunk in the middle of the week! Should we have an intervention?
no we had a public holiday thursday, so we went out Wednesday night, they’re also written at 4:30am.
Yeah, keep in mind, that 5000 yen does equal $50-60 Canadian. But then add on the liquor tax and that bottle of booze is now $100.
Yeah, Canadian taxes are too high!
>asked for a cheap bottle of whiskey, and he returned with this.
It’s Japanese style. Even if ask for just a cheap one, most Japanese would still give you one of the best they have.
I think it’s because he gets them free at work from clients.
Oh too be young and stay out all night. I can’t do that anymore. It would wreck me for a whole week.